Financial inclusion
This roundtable will provide an opportunity to provide early input to the revision of the financial inclusion Application Paper.

Moderator: 
Tomas Soley – General Superintendent of Insurance, Costa Rica

International Actuarial Association (IAA)
Moderator: 
Roseanne Harris – Immediate Past President, International Actuarial Association

More information will be available soon.

Members of the IAIS Executive Committee and IAIS Champions will update on their agenda and answer questions from the audience. The session will also include an update on the development of the new IAIS Strategic Plan 2025-2029.

Panellists:
Gary Anderson – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Insurance
Shigeru Ariizumi – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan
Peter Braumüller – Chair, IAIS Implementation and Assessment Committee and Managing Director of Insurance and Pension Supervision, Austrian Financial Market Authority
Dieter Hendrickx – Chair, IAIS Macroprudential Committee and Head, Prudential Policy Insurance, National Bank of Belgium
Petra Hielkema – Chairperson, EIOPA
Siham Ramli – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Director of Communication and International Relations, Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et de la Prévoyance Sociale Morocco
Vicky Saporta – Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Executive Director, Prudential Regulation Authority and Bank of England
Matt Walker – Chair, IAIS Policy Development Committee and Manager, Insurance Supervision and Regulation Section, Federal Reserve Board of the United States
Daniel Wang – Chair, IAIS Climate Risk Steering Group and Executive Director, Insurance Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

The damage and economic losses caused by natural catastrophes are increasing. Therefore, addressing insurance protection gaps is important to increase resilience and help maintain financial stability. This panel will consider the conclusions from the forthcoming IAIS report on the role of supervisors in helping to address natural catastrophe protection gaps, and next steps for the IAIS’ protection gap work.

Moderator:
Shigeru Ariizumi – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan

Panellists:
Ekhosuehi Iyahen – Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum
Yoshihiro Kawai – Chairman, OECD Insurance and Private Pension Committee 
Pamela Schuermans – Principal Expert Insurance Policy, EIOPA

This panel will consider trends in the global economic and financial system and supervisory responses, including the impact of higher inflation and tightening monetary policy and increased credit and liquidity risks.

Dr. Chang Shu, Bloomberg’s Chief Asia Economist, will provide opening remarks on the economic and financial market outlook.

Moderator:
Lara K. Lylozian – Deputy Associate Director and Chief Accountant, Federal Reserve Board

Panellists:
Dieter Hendrickx – Chair, IAIS Macroprudential Committee and Head, Prudential Policy Insurance, National Bank of Belgium
Carolina Otero – Group Chief Risk Officer, Allianz
Fundi Tshazibana – Deputy Governor and CEO Prudential Authority, South African Reserve bank
Marjan van der Weijden – Global Head of Financial Institutions and DEI Chair, Fitch Ratings

More information will be available soon.

This panel will explore whether the insurance sector is meeting the true needs of consumers considering, for instance, aging populations, increasing use of technology and various other societal shifts. The discussion will touch on diversity in the consumer population, how to explain insurance effectively and appropriately and opportunities for insurance to innovate and prioritise the customer at every stage of the product life cycle.

Moderator:
Andrew N. Mais – Insurance Commissioner, Connecticut and President-elect, NAIC

Panellists:
Karen Cox – CEO, Financial Rights Legal Centre 
Shinichi Kishi – General Manager, Sustainability Management & Development Dpt., Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Indrani Thuraisingham – Vice President and Legal Advisor, Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations
Mark White – Chair, IAIS Market Conduct Working Group and CEO, Financial Service Regulatory Authority of Ontario

Emerging consumer risks
This roundtable will consider emerging risks to consumer protection and the steps insurance supervisors are taking to address these.

Moderator:
Mark White – Chair, IAIS Market Conduct Working Group and CEO, Financial Service Regulatory Authority of Ontario

Protection gaps
This roundtable will provide an opportunity to discuss the conclusions from the IAIS’ work on natural catastrophe protection gaps and input to the next steps on IAIS’ protection gaps.

Moderator:
Jacqueline Friedland – Executive Director, Risk Assessment and Intervention Hub, Supervision Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and Vice Chair, Protection Gaps Task Force

Strategic plan
This session will provide an opportunity to engage on the emerging thinking on the Strategic Plan.

Moderator:
Siham Ramli – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Director of Communication and International Relations, Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et de la Prévoyance Sociale Morocco

As global standards develop to address climate-related risks, what further steps are necessary to increase transparency to better assess financial risks and to avoid consumers being misled? This panel will consider the steps for adoption in the insurance sector and what more might be needed to close climate data gaps and mitigate risks of greenwashing.

Opening remarks by Sue Lloyd (Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on the introduction of the new ISSB standards on climate disclosure and their relevance for the insurance sector.

Moderator:
Beth Dwyer – Superintendent of Insurance, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation and Vice Chair, IAIS Climate Risk Steering Group

Panellists:
Andreas Märkert – Chief Risk Officer, Hannover Re
Ken Mungan – Chairman, Milliman
Masaaki Nagamura – Fellow International Initiatives, Tokio Marine
Daniel Wang – Chair, IAIS Climate Risk Steering Group and Executive Director, Insurance Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

This panel will provide an update on the development of the Insurance Capital Standard following the consultation launched in June. It will also look ahead towards the finalisation and implementation of the global standard, which is due to be adopted in December next year.

Opening remarks by Paolo Cadoni, Chair of the IAIS Capital Solvency and Field Testing Working Group and Head, Insurance Policy Division, Bank of England.

Moderator:
Romain Paserot – IAIS Deputy Secretary General and IAIS Head of Capital and Solvency

Panellists:
Shigeru Ariizumi – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan
Gary Anderson – Vice Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Insurance
Petra Hielkema – Chairperson, EIOPA
Vicky Saporta – Chair, IAIS Executive Committee and Executive Director, Prudential Regulation Authority and Bank of England

Speaker:
Jonathan Dixon – IAIS Secretary General